Faster – Carla Gugino steps in for Salma Hayek

Carla Gugino (Watchmen, Sin City) has taken over the role recently vacated by Salma Hayek in the cast of Faster, the George Tillman Jr. directed revenge thriller starring Dwayne Johnson.

Johnson plays Driver, an ex-con out to avenge his brother’s murder. Billy Bob Thornton plays Cop, a veteran policeman who trails Driver as he races to settle with those responsible for the murder. Also in the mix is Killer, an egocentric hitman who’s after Driver.

Gugino will play the detective in charge of the investigation, “hot on his trail and hell-bent on connecting the killings with a decade-old case.” Also in the cast is Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) as Johnson’s girlfriend; Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who will be one of the killers on the Rock’s trail, and Maggie Grace (Taken) in an unspecified role.